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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 140

Ireland, Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First Base Coinage, "Billon" Shilling, 1558, ELIZABETH . D '. [G '. A]NG '. FRA .' Z . HIB '. REGI '., crowned and draped bust left, rev. POSVI : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : MEVM, crowned harp, dividing crowned E-R, 7.73g, 8h, m.m. rose (DF 240; S.6503), with fresh scratches on obverse, to cheek and prominently to inscription at left, very good/fine; "Billon" Groat, 1558, ELIZABETH . D '. GNG '. FR[ ]RA '. Z . HIB '. EGI, crowned and draped bust left, rev. POSVII : DEVM : ADIVTOREM : MEVM, single large stop for second colon, crowned harp, dividing crowned E-R, 2.63g, 12h m.m. uncertain (DF 244; S.6504), blundered legends, on an uneven flan and discoloured by verdigris but with a reasonable portrait, fine/very good (2)

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins



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£130

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£100